Clarion 1946-05-03 Vol 25 No 08

Student Mass Meeting
Tuesday. May 7
Iv HOUR 11:15 A. M.
COME AND GET THE FACTS
IF YOU BELIEVE BETHEL
NEEDS A STRONGER ATHLETIC
PROGRAM—BE THERE
WEEKEND PROGRAM
Friday, May 3.
7 : 00—Registration.
8 : 00—Opening session.
Rev. Clyde W. Taylor, speaker
Saturday, May 4.
10:00—Bible Study, led by
Rev. W. E. Klawitter
1:00—Discussion Hour.
12:15—Lunch.
2:00—"The Missionary Call."
Mr. Paul Lindell
3 : 45—"The Forgotten Village."
A Sound. Motion Picture of Mexico
6: 00—Fellowship Supper. Bethel Women's Dormitory.
Testimonies By Missionary Candidates
7 : 30—Closing Session.
Dr. William Cook, Speaker
THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 8 Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. MAY 3, 1946
Bethel Host to Missionary Conference
D.V. B. S. Teachers Plan Six Colleges to Attend
Weekend Sessions Here For Their Summer Work
This summer fifty-two Bethel girls will be serv-ing
in Baptist churches, as far east a New York and
as far west as California i n daily vacation Bible
Schools. The girls will go out usually in teams of two,
to witness to young boys and girls in this manner.
The spring convention of the Student Missionary
Conference will be held at Bethel College today and
tomorrow. About fifty delegates from the other six
schools in the organization- are expected to attend
the convention, which has AS opening session tonight
at eight o'clock.
Girls Hope for Dates, Orchids
As Annual J.S. Banquet Nears
Requests for Bible school teach-ers
have come to Miss Esther Sa-bel
from churches in the New
York Conference, the Upper Mich-i
g a n Conference, t h e Wisconsin
Conference, t h e Illinois Confer-e
n c e, the Columbia Conference,
and from several American Bap-tist
churches. The number of re-quests
for _Bible school teachers
indicates a greater interest than
ever before in this service.
Gladys Biller and Evelyn Sund-berg
are scheduled to conduct Bi-ble
schools in New York. Vivian
Gaydosik and Elaine Pegors will
work in Upper Michigan. Six
girls, Barbara Edson, Janet Fish-er,
Goldie Erickson, Eula Weaver,
Maxine Bjork, and Grace Jorgen-son,
will conduct schools during
July in the Norwayne Housing
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Easter Parade
Held at Dorm
Easter season was unofficially
opened April 13 when a preview of
hats was presented in the Easter
Parade on Arona Avenue.
Dache, Pierre, and Larson fash-ions
were among the outstanding
shown. The parade began on the
third floor of the dorm, wended its
way down the floors and over to
the men's dormitory where the pa-rade
ended in a sudden downpour
of water. The affair was so out-standing
that the girls were asked
to model the hats at a later show-ing
... Wednesday evening at the
supper club.
The program follows:
Prelude:
"The Easter Parade"
Miss Gladys "Lampshade" Carlson
Parade of the March
Hairs Las belles damep
The super supper..place aux dames
Machine Age..Nel "Ezekiel" Larson
In Your Easter
Bonnet double quintet
Exodus Endis
The hats, a farce on the new
Easter hats appearing in the dorm,
contained everything from flower
pots to carrots . from windmills
to monkeys; from pillows to lamp-shades.
At 6:30 P. M. on Friday, May 17,
Bethel girls with their long skirts
and orchids, and Bethel fellows
with theri white s,hirts and Sunday
suits, will gather in the spring-bedecked
dining hall of the' Girl's
Dormitory for the crowning event
of Bethel's social activities, the
annual Junior-Senior banquet,
under the sponsorship of the
Freshman class.
The theme of the evening will
be "Looking Unto Jesus," and gen-ial
Carl Olson will be in command
as the master of ceremonies. The
speaker, whose identity will not be
revealed until banquet time, is a
well-known person from the Twin
Cities. The program provides such
good things as instrumental num-bers
by Russ Nyberg and vocal
solos by Mary Oliver. Part of the
evening will also be spent in the
reading of I he Sophomore class
will and class prophecy.
The honored guests on this occa-sion
will be the Sophomore class,
the faculty, and members of the
office staff. Ticket sales indicate
that approximately 300 people will
be present.
Those who are working with
their committees to make the eve-ning
a success include Roy Nelson,
program chairman; Harold Chris-tianson,
publicity chairman; Lu-cille
Palmer, decorations chair-man;
and Johnny Leggett, busi-ness
manager. The freshmen in
charge guarantee that festivities
will be over by 9:30 P. M. so that
there will be ample time for gala-vanting
before the 1:00 A. M. dead-line.
The Student Missionary Confer-ence
is an outgrowth of the Stu-dent
Missionary Volunteer Group,
which has recently ceased to func-tion.
The organization is compos-ed
of the executive committees of
missionary band groups in seven
schools—St. Olaf College, Mounds
Midway School of Nursing, Be-thesda
Hospital, St. Paul Bible In-s
t i t u t e, Gustavus Adolphus Coll-ege,
Augsburg College, and Bethel
College and Seminary.
The purpose of the organiza-tion
is to promote concerted in-terest
i n world-wide missions
among students, to encourage stu-dents
to face the missionary chal-lenge
and to seek God's will as
to their place in this world-wide
program, and to enlist those who
realize that Christ's commission is
meant for them and who will step
forward to let Him fulfil his pur-pose
in their lives.
The speakers at the two-day con-ference
will be Rev. Clyde W. Tur-ner,
secretary of the Evangelical
Foreign Missions Association, Rev.
W. E. Klawitter, an instructer and
radio director at the Lutheran Bi-ble
Institute, Mr. Paul Lindell, who
is on the home staff ,of the World
Mission Prayer League, and Dr.
William Cook, principal of the Jor-hat
Christian Schools, Jorhat, As-sam,
India. The schools of which
Dr. Cook is principal are the ones
f o r w-h i c h Bethel's Missionary
Band is raising $500 this year.
On Saturday at 6:00 P. M. a
fellowship supper will be served
in the dining hall of the women's
dormitory. At the supper testi-monies
will be given by several
missionary candidates.
Samuel Rosen
Speaks Tonight
Mr. Samuel D. Rosen, eminent
authority on Russia and its peo-ple,
will speak at a convocation
program tonight at 8:00 P. M. The
subject of Mr. Rosen's talk is
"Russia Today." He has first-hand
information about the "gigantic,
powerful, unpredictable" state.
The program conflicts with the
opening session of the missionary
conference, but an announcement
will be made concerning special
arrangements for the two meet-ings.
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EDITORIAL POLICY
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
Institute.
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor Robert Sandin
Ass't Editor Nettie Castle
News Editor Doris Engwall
Feature Editor Pauline Lundholm
Sports Editor Roy Nelson
Business Manager Jacqueline Lundquist
Faculty Advisor La Von Berthel
puppet state
Democracy is "government of the people, by the people, and for the
people." If Lincoln's ideal conception of our government were carried
out to the letter, there would be much confusion for all of the people
cannot be rulers. It is necessary that the people elect representatives
to carry on the government for them. - But it is the essence of democracy
that those who do the governing—those who hold civil offices—are
responsible to the citizens of the country. A democratic government,
then, is one in which the will of the governed takes precedence over the
will of the governors.
We like to think that America is democratic: We do not approve
of anything that shows signs of being dictatorial, or that seems to
deprive the people of their democratic rights and privileges. That
applies not only in political affairs, but also in our churches and in our
schools.
What I am leading up to is this. Is it not a gross limitation upon
the voting power of the student at Bethel when he has no chance
whatever to propose nominations for office? The normal procedure in
elections is that the student council, or the dorm council or some organi-zation
sets up a ballot and puts copies of that ballot on the chairs in the
chapel for the student's vote. Many times as was the case during the
election of the publications staffs last fall, the ballot shows one name
for the office, and leaves a blank line in case anyone wishes to vote
for someone else. Obviously in such an instance the nominee is virtually
elected before the votes are counted.
Ballots arranged by a few students in this manner are bound to be
one-sided, and will not be an indication of the choice of the student
body. It is pr(obably true that the procedure followed is more practical
than that of securing nominations from the entire school. But it would
be even more practical to do away with elections entirely, and eliminate
the necessity of printing the ballots and getting the students to vote.
The quesion is one, not of practicability, but of fairness.
Election of next year's officers will soon be held. Would it be too
much to ask that the student body be given a chance to make its own
nominations? Why not give the student council the authority to use a
chapel period to secure nominations for next year's offices? Besides
resulting in greater fairness in elections, such a change will lead to
more active student interest in school affairs.
sponsor wanted
Every morning at 7 a group of students meets
in the lounge of the women's dorm for prayer and de-votions
before breakfast. There is no organization to
the affair. . . when two or three arrive, someone starts
reading the Bible, and then prayer is begun.
It is good to pray, and it is good for some things
to b e spontaneous, but why couldn't these prayer
meetings be organized? Why couldn't some group
take over and provide a leader for every morning?
The leader would need to do no more than what is
done now. . . read a passage of Scripture, and then
close the meeting at 7:25 with a word of prayer.
Perhaps the Religious Council could include this
matter in its duties, and make this a regular prayer
meeting. . . one that will also be started again next
year.. .
On the
Carpet
By Taffy Bergman
It was a leisurely spring after-noon
and I ambled- over to my
mailbox to see what it's yield
would be. Aha! A white envelope.
A letter from home, I presumed.
Grinning smugly at my popularity;
I tore the letter open. It was then
that I noticed the official Bethel
stationery. Tragedy was entering
my life. There in the bold black
type of Alice Anderson's machine
I read, "Miss Bergman, Please see
me at my office- tomorrow after-noon
at two o'clock." Beneath
these fatal words was the classic
signature of Dr. Henry Wingblade.
My mind worked rapidly (for the
first time since I came to Bethel).
I searched for reasons why this
conference would be necessary.
Cold sweat broke out over my aca-demic
brow. Why this very minute
I was cutting Zoo Lab. I quaked
in my room-mate's saddle-shoes.
"I didn't ask her if I could borrow
them," I mused. Perhaps she
thinks this sort of thing has hap-pened
too often and has complain-ed
about me." I pictured the
mounds of dust conscientiously
swept under my bed ever since
our Christmas vacation. Maybe
Mrs. Hademan ..." Then there was
the time I helped put the cabinet
full of jangling alarm clocks in
front of our floor monitor's door.
The best thing to do, I decided,
was to stop worrying and turn over
a new leaf immediately. I rushed
up to Zoo Lab. Prof. Johnson
smiled benignly as I entered. I
was only half hour late today.
Even he was beginning to notice
the improvement in my conduct.
I pulled out my instruments and
started fiendishly on my assign-ment
of dissecting a frog. Even
hard work could not ease the bur-den
I had on my heart. As I
delved into the intricacies of a
frog's intestines I was reminded
of the time I put the sand,shark's
head in the dean's top drawer.
That was it. That was the reason
for that ominous message.
When the bell rang for the close
of the hour, I rushed madly to the
coffee shop with hopes of drown-ing
my sorrows in a butterscotch
sundae The girl behind the count-er
growled at me. "Oh yes," I
thought, "I owe $1.69 for the
stuffed dog I bought to give my
grandfather on his birthday. That's
it."
I went to bed at eight that
night to make sure I would be suf-ficiently
rested for the grueling
day to follow. The next eleven
hours were spent tossing and turn-ing
with dreadful visions of un-finished
Geometry lessons, D's,
and the ever-present, learing face
of Dr. Wingblade hovering over
me.
The fatal hour had finally ar-rived.
After the nurse had admin-istered
a quieting sedative, I
walked the last mile over to the
college and into "The Chief's" of-
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Daily Bread
To Europe
"About 150,000,000 people (in
Europe) .... must have overseas
supplies during the next four
months if wide-spread famine is
to be prevented ... Bread has a
reality as the symbol of life as
never before in history. It is _now
the symbol of life of nations them-selves
... The saving of these hu-man
lives is far more than an
economic necessity to the recovery
of the world. It is more even than
the path to order and to stability
and to peace ... (it) is part of the
moral and spiritual reconstruction
of the earth."
That was a quotation from a
Good Friday address broadcast by
Ex-president Herbert Hoover after
he had made a six-week food sur-vey
in seventeen European nations.
More people than there are in the
United States will experience a
tremendous famine unless substan-tml
aid is provided soon. Hoover
declared that the world must pro-vide
an additional 5,000,000 tons
of cereals in the next four months,
or millions will r erish.
Satisfied America cannot imag-ine
famine. Even when a man like
Mi. Hoover comes home with a
report such as the one he submit-ted
two weeks ago, Americans are
not likely to see the reality of
Europe's condition. And when the
President asks for two "starvation
days" a week, and when produc-tion
of flour and bread are cut to
increase exports to the needy na-tions,
we feel somewhat resentful
that we cannot buy as much food
as we want. Our compliance with
the suggestions and regulations is
not voluntary and cheerful, but
rather is accompanied with the
feeling that we have to do it, I
guess.
America will have to bear the
brunt of the burden since we are
better supplied than any of the
other countries of the world. As
a result, there must be a drastic
cut in oir• consumption of wheat
and other cerals. This European
crisis is peculiar in that it has
a d efinite -.erminW point, namely
next fall's Larvest. But until that
time all grains, and especially
wheat, will be scarce in America.
By the program which Hoover has
proposed, the United States is ex-pected
to cut wheat consumption
by forty per cent, (and fat con-sumption
by twenty per cent) in-order
to export 1,000,000 tons of
wheat to Europe every month
through July. But in the words of
President Truman, "Millions will
sup ely die unless we eat less."
That means that Bethelites may
be asked to go without some things
for a while. It is very likely that
bread and food containing much
wheat flour will be missing from
our tables. But the sane thing to
do is to eat less, cheerfully.
Let us tighten our belts, without
a groan or a grimace, that others
may live.
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3 ta gee d Bead Dorm Doin's
By Nettie Castle Term Paper
By Walfred Peterson
(A Clarion Reprint)
A term paper is one of the most
practical things done in college,
because it is very educational. The
writer takes notes on little cards
and therefore he remembers all
the information he gathered. (1)
A term paper also teaches the
importance of footnotes. The foot-note
can tell almost anything.
Every good term paper has as
many footnotes as possible, be-cause
a long list of references is
impressive to the professor. Foot-notes
are also necessary because
one must give the credit to the
person who had the bright idea.
If this is not done, the writer is
a plagarist. But since everyone
reads footnotes carefully, (2) they
will see the real author's name
and not think you a thief.
But before I go farther, I should
define a term paper. "Copying
from source—that's plagiarism,
copying • from several sources—
that's a term paper." (3)
It is very important that there
be a rather complete bibliography
at the end of the term paper. If
the professor finds a statement he
does not like,-he will turn to the
bibliography and find the book and
change his opinion in favor of the
student. (4) I, might add that if
the footnotes are complete you
need not turn to the bibliography
for the book and author. What's a
bibliography for then? (5)
A good set of footnotes contains
abbreviations. Latin abbreviations
are customary because they are so
profound-looking. "Ibid" means,
the footnote you read now is the
same as the footnote preceeding
this footnote. "Op. cit" means al-ready
fully cited in the paper. (6)
Let us say in conclusion that as
the teacher will tell you; "When
you really get into it, it is inter-esting."
(7),
1. Now you tell one.
2. Ibid.
3. Quoted from S. Paulson:
boarding clu: table C: April 18,
'44.
4. Refer to footnote No. 2.
5. So you're wondering too?
6. R. T. Daniel & Floy Barnard,
Instructions for the Preparation of
the Term Papers (1942), P. 12.
7. Refer to footnote No. 4.
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It's seven-ten in the evening.
Already there's a long lineup in
the hallway for the phone booth.
You either "sweat out" the line or
let Ai Gustafson or Harris Johnson
get there first. If that happens
you might just as well get your
books and study while you wait.
Buckets of water or a jam session
outside the door doesn't shorten
their all-evening telephone dates.
During the winter the telephone
situation isn't so acute. Harris and
Al try to cooperate and divide the
evening into two shifts of four
hours each. It's now. this spring
season, that their program gets off
schedule.
The volume of calls is tremen-dous.
In one evening alone, if you
care to watch the procession, you
can just about se' the ,int , re situ-ation
for the J. S. Banquet, at a
glance, wihtout asking any ques-tions.
It is easy to tell when one
of the boys makes a date. He
comes from the booth, tripping a
light fantastic step and whistling
a merry tune. If he has been re-jected,
he uses the wall for a
support and slips quirtly back to
his room to check through his
little blue book again.
When you see Les Larson first
look up and down the hallway,
then make a mad dash to the
phone booth on his tip-toes and
slip inside, you know he's about
to work on that new list he's just
made over; a list of girls he fig-ures
might be still available.
Is it the spring weather and the
time for a young man's fancy to
turn to—other things, or what—
that is doing such an injustice to
our beloved dorm life? Every night
some guy wants to borrow a bow
tie or a shoe brush. Never before
have we seen spring weather bring
such an influx in--you know, twos
and twos.
"Hey, who are you taking, Mel?"
"Taking where? Whatcha talking
about?" "To the J. S. Don't you
remember? It's only three weeks
off." "Oh that,—I'm going stag.
I've been wondering why the girls
have been acting so extra nice
here lately."
Why only the other night we
saw Vernie Stoneberg come walk-ing
into Blomberg's with Eloise.
Of course they could have just met
on the way.
`Course Dick Forsline already
has his date, but he has to keep
up interests, so he too makes his
pilgrimage to the telephone booth,
just to see that Lucille is still in
the notion ... sigh ... It must be
great to have a-a-a- car (?).
We don't rightly know if Bud
Peterson is still living with us
here. We never sc.( him use the
phone. No doubt he and Milton
Speas are rooming together over
in the girls' dorm lounge.
You Saturday-night serenaders
won't need to visit the boy's dorm
any more. There will no doubt be
some late fellows left and they'll
be around to make a few more
girls happy.
Seclusion has hit the girls'
dorm... everyone has hibernated ..
halls are quiet once more ... all
because of over-due term papers
with minus three points for each
day overdue ... What "stinkers"
some faculty members are!
Margie "Foghorn" Ericson has
been laid up with what she got in
Erie, Pa... By the way, Jim, what's
that cold patching cement for in
the Spire office? and who was
holding Dody's hand in Chapel
Monday morning?
Measles was the rumor ... but it
was only the flu, and we're glad
to see Ruth Groves and Lloyd
Sprecker up once again. Rumor-monger
was none other than Dag-mar
Jensen ... ask her about it!
J. S. trotters. These are the latest
rumors as to whom is dating
whom.... Conrad and Minnie ...
Little Jimmie and Nell ... Eric and
Louise Hanson ... President Wing-blade
and Edna Seestrom ... John
Agee and Gladys Carlson ...Ralph
Johnson and Taffy Bergman. Jim-mie
Rehnberg—still available.
Screens were put on all the win-dows
at last, but most of the girls
would rather have the bugs and no
screens so that they can continue
their hair-washing episodes Janet
Walker is the recipient LI most of
the water.
Personality of the week. This
week we have decided to start a
contest. To the first one to guess
the personality of the week one
free candy bar in the bookstore.
Submit all entries to Mr. Sandin,
editor-in-chief as soon as complet-ed.
Winner will be printed in the
next edition of the Clarion.
....as more fellows than anyone
else in the dorm.
....lways willing to help out in
most any endeavor.
....oes more running around than
anyone.
....yen tempered.
....other to all.
....nswers the door after 12 P. M.
....ever out of sorts.
Submit your entry today. En-close
a self addressed stamped en-velope
and the tops from twenty
boxes of Wheaties, plus a twenty-five
word statement on "Why I
like the Clarion." Decision of the
judges is final in every case. No
entries may be returned.
Question of the week: "Have
you straightened out that man
yet?" For the answer see Bunny
Burgeson.
Question number two: Why the
sudden interest in Westmont col-lege,
Sally?
Vel, ve iss got to sprang as ye
say in Svensk. Adjo!
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We welcome you to our campus, and if you have a few extra minutes
on your hands and want to look the campus over, here are a few
suggestions.
Don't miss the Prayer Towers...There's one by the side stairway,
and another lost in the stacks in the seminary library. This is where
we have our quiet talks with God. Feel free to use them if you care to.
Follow the stairs down to the basement and you will find the coffee
shop, where Bethelites hash over politics, world affairs, and last minute
German assignments. Our mascot, Pete, is for sale, as are seals, stickers,
pencils, and assorted foodstuffs.
But let's not stay inside...Step outside and see the new buildings
being erected. The one on the far corner nearest completion is the
Men's dorm, and the big hole will some day be the basement of the
young married couple's apartment.
On the other corner is the Women's dorm. Everyone may step into
the lounge and relax, but only the females may venture on the second
floor to see the miniature chapel. There is a party lounge on the second
floor near the back stairs, and on the third floor is the girls' Prayer
Tower.
If ydu are the athletic type and happened to come equipped with
racquets, you may use our tennis courts. If not, maybe you'll settle for
a game of ping pong or volleyball in the seminary gymnasium (in the
basement). By the way, the top floor is a temporary men's dorm...a
word of warning to the girls!
San Juan Capistrano may be famous for the swallows return, but
who can boast about the return of the sparrows except Bethel? You
will find them singing and nesting in the boiler room. They come every
Spring to the same place.
Another favorite hangout for Bethelites is Como Park... East on
Arlington. There is boat riding, biking, a Spring flower exhibit in the
conservatory, and miles of spacious lawn for just taking it easy.
If you wish to stay for meals, they are served at 12:15, and 5:30 in
the basement of the Women's dorm.
Sent Snatches By Herb Ellison and Jim Troxel
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ROTOGRAVURE
Coach Paul Edwards
does trick head-stand for novelty-seeking
Clarion photographer. It is reported that
Coach Edwards stood on his head twenty-five
times before the photographer was
satisfied with the pose. At press time, he
still had "a terrific headache."
Huba - Huba
Como Park, with its many amusements,
provides a second home to many Bethel
students. Boat rides, baby leopards in the
zoo, attractive picnic grounds, etc. draw
many young people east.
Eric catches flag before it
touches ground. His unbounded
patriotism "dates back to my boy
scout days in Sweden," he tells
reporter.
Spring Hits Bethel Dorm
Above is the beautiful, secluded women's dormitory, which someone
has rather expressively called the seminary night club. The three story
building, enlarged this year to accommodate , nearly a hundred girls, is
beginning to show signs of spring—in more ways than one.
Front Door
-"Through these portals pass—" Who
knows how often this seminary door has
given entrance to a young preacher-to-be.
Ground
Ground was broken for new, much-needed men's
dormitory last fall, and the walls of the structure
are mounting rapidly. Picture is artists's conception
of the building as it will appear when completed
this summer. Noble Man
Model Children
Above is latest picture of much-talked-of Bethel Family, just released
by NAS Press. The happy family is largest and best-behaved in the
country.
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Homecoming Reminiscence
-Homecoming saw large numbers of alumni return to the familiar
chapel, in which they had spent many pleasant hours, for the big home-coming
banquet last fall. This shot of the speakers' table was dug out
of the Clarion files as Bethelites anticipate three more banquets in the
next two weeks. •
Minnesota
joined the Union! Biggest thrill of this
year came when the holdout gopher state
foresook its old flag for the red, white, and
blue.
Lights Out
Armed guards have been employed this
year to keep lights nut after 11 P. M. at
the women's dorm. Stern-faced member of
national guard here tries to shoot out lights.
Studious
Diligent sem student remains alone in stuffy library,
which has been all but deserted since March n. Tennis
and bare feet have been prevalent, as have been colds.
Man pictured above is wanted
in five states for crimes ranging
from stealing babies' rattles to
purchasing black market bubble-gum.
Any information leading to
the_ arrest of this criminal should
Lounge of girls' dorm in rare condition of complete be conveyed immediately to the
vacancy. Abnormal picture was made at 4:00 A. M. NMC Detective Agency's Secret
April 21. Operative No. 81.
Unidentified
Wanted
Deserted
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Page 6 THE BETHEL CLARION
Nine Loses
To N. A. S.
In its first home game of the
season, Bethel College lost to a
team from the Naval Air Station
in Minneapolis. The score at the
end of the eight-inning game read
Bethel 2, Navy 5. The game
brought the team's season record
to two victories and three defeats.
The Navy scored the first run
in the second inning on a hit and a
misjudged fly-ball. In the next two
innings the flyers scored the rest
of their runs, crossing the plate
twice in each inning. Meanwhile
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To add a bit of spark to tomor-row's
game, the Clarion staff has
chosen a mascot which will be
made known at the game.
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Bethel bats had been very impo-tent,
and although they loaded the
bases in the fourth inning, the
diamond-men were unable to score.
Bethel did not break into the
scoring race until the sixth inning,
when Bud Peterson singled to
drive in both Nelson and Lands-burg,
but there was not enough
power in the Indians' bats to get
them back in the ball game. Earl
Landsburg showed signs of life in
the final inning when he tripled
to right center, but he was nipped
trying to steal home and nothing
came of the threat.
The game revealed, more force-fully
than ever, the weakness of
the Bethelites at the plate. Field-ing
was a little shaky in the first
few innings, and all five of the
Navy's runs were unearned, but it
was lack of hitting power that
made the difference between vic-tory
and defeat.
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Bethel Beats
Concordia
Bethel College won its second
straight conference game on April
24 when it defeated Concordia on
the Comet's field by a score of
8-2. • The contest was close until
the last few innings when the
Indians began to solve the slants
of Concordia's pitcher Otto.
Concordia took the lead in the
early innings of the game when
Otto hit a long fly over center-fielder
Bob Daley's head for a
home run. The Bethelites remain-ed
trailers until the fifth inning
when they pushed across a tally
to tie the score at 1-1.
In the sixth frame the Indians
again went on the offensive, knock-ing
two runs across before they
were retired. The score then stood
Bethel 3, Concordia 1, and those
three runs would have been
enough to win the game, as it fi-nally
turned out.
The Comets came back in the
latter half of the inning and scored
one marker to keep the game
close. Bethel squeezed in another
score in the seventh to stretch
their lead to 4-2, but the game was
not put on ice until the eighth
when the visitors staged a four
run rally to insure the victory.
Concordia had a good chance to
score in the last of the eighth,
when they put men on second and
third with none out. However, dull
base-running allowed the Bethel-ites
to complete a double play to
relieve the threat.
Bill Peterson was Bethel's big
gun at the plate, collecting three
hits out of five trips to the plate,
and driving in five of the eight
runs. Bethel made a total of ten
hits, while Concordia was limited
to four.
.3e..r.ai Mama
Today I went to a baseball game,
and so I will write you about it.
I think baseball is more fun than
any other sport because the play-ers
wear such cute little outfits.
They wear caps with a wide
brimmed affair in the front and
pants with tight fitting legs and
bloomer-effect in the back. The
hose are long, with no heels or
toes, and white anklets are usu-ally
worn over the long hose. This
is mainly done because of laziness.
Why, most anyone would darn
their hose instead of wearing
another pair over the top! Shoes
are spiked, which saves on the
leather. They also add height.
The object of the game is to see
who can make the most noise, and
that is usually Walter Blaine Eddy,
Jr. He is known as the Huba
Huba man ... at least on the dia-mond.
To get on with the game,
one side gets out on the dirty,
dusty field. (The only clean man
as far as I can see is the referee,
as he always carries a little broom
around with him for dusting off
the plate.) Then the man throws
the 'ball, and our side swings at
the ball. Then the man throws
again, 'and finally someone hits
the ball back to him, and runs out
to greet the other team, but they
are not very nice, as they keep
trying to hit him. Scmetimes he
even falls down and skims along
the ground and they don't even
try to help him up! The same pro-cedure
is followed by the other
team, and this goes on for some
time until both sides get so hoarse
they cannot yell any longer, and
then everyone leaves.
Mama, there is one boy here who
is working his way through college
by advertising for Dutch Boy
paint, He wears red pants and a
blue cap. It is nice of them to
pay his way.
I am going to every game, as
maybe one of those handsome men
will take me to the S. J. Every
time they come my way I flash
them my most bewitching smile,
but I must look too much like a
witch, as they always run.
Got to go play ball now, mama.
I'm learning the game, and then
I'm going to try to convert the
players, mama 'cause I'm sure they
aren't Christians, as they are al-ways
yelling for someone to steal
the base, whatever that is. Will
see you in June.
Love,
Ima. Greenhorne
DVB'S WORK
(Continued from page 1)
Project near Detroit, Michigan.
Helen Soder is to work for a time
in Rockford, Illinois. Several girls
will also hold schools in Iowa, al-though
some of the arrangements
have not been completed.
Twelve girls will teach in
schools i n Wisconsin. Clarice
Rohm, Mildred Tuey, Doris John-son,
Irene Kemis, Alva Brooks,
Elaine J e n s e n, Jean Lindblom,
Phyllis Gustafson, Pauline Lang,
Helen Holle, Eloise Jensen, and
Edith Bowman are all 'scheduled
to work in Wisconsin churches.
Minnesota churches have engag-ed
over thirty Bethel workers.
Among the Minnesota teachers are
Virginia Peterson, Betty Person,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Dor-othy
Reichel, Bertha Menefee,
Gloria Olson, Ruth Rask, Lois Ray-metz,
Doris Olson, Carol S e e s,
Marjorie Porter, Sarah Wallinder,
Leona Larm, Lois Norberg, Lily
Johnson, Ruth E. Anderson, Jean
Hamlett, Ruth Ekstrom, Mabel An-derson,
and Becky Iosty.
Five Bethelites will work in
churches west of Minnesota dur-ing
the summer. Dorothy Dahlman
and Eunice Herbold will teach in
South Dakota churches, while Mrs.
Harlan Brask (Lucille Fiske),
Ruth Hochhalter, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Johnson will conduct
schools i n Columbia Conference
churches.
In all, the workers will hold
about seventy-five Bible schools,
although additional requests a r e
coming in almost daily. Besides
the schools scheduled through Miss
Sabel, many Bethel girls will be
assisting in Bible schools in their
own churches.
On The Carpet
(Continued from page 2)
fice. As Alice ushered me across
the heavily carpeted floor to his
mahogany desk, I lined up my
arguments. I would promise to
walk the straight and narrow.
Filled with self-pity, I 'imagined
myself camping out somewhere
while I worked in the factory to
earn money for a ticket home..
Dr. Wingblade smiled. "He's try-ing
to prepare me for the shock,"
I thought.
"I'll be away in Chicago this
week and wondered if you would
write my column for me," he said
questioningly. "I think some seri-ous
meditations would be in
order."
Perhaps he wondered why I
chose that moment to faint.

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Student Mass Meeting
Tuesday. May 7
Iv HOUR 11:15 A. M.
COME AND GET THE FACTS
IF YOU BELIEVE BETHEL
NEEDS A STRONGER ATHLETIC
PROGRAM—BE THERE
WEEKEND PROGRAM
Friday, May 3.
7 : 00—Registration.
8 : 00—Opening session.
Rev. Clyde W. Taylor, speaker
Saturday, May 4.
10:00—Bible Study, led by
Rev. W. E. Klawitter
1:00—Discussion Hour.
12:15—Lunch.
2:00—"The Missionary Call."
Mr. Paul Lindell
3 : 45—"The Forgotten Village."
A Sound. Motion Picture of Mexico
6: 00—Fellowship Supper. Bethel Women's Dormitory.
Testimonies By Missionary Candidates
7 : 30—Closing Session.
Dr. William Cook, Speaker
THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 8 Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. MAY 3, 1946
Bethel Host to Missionary Conference
D.V. B. S. Teachers Plan Six Colleges to Attend
Weekend Sessions Here For Their Summer Work
This summer fifty-two Bethel girls will be serv-ing
in Baptist churches, as far east a New York and
as far west as California i n daily vacation Bible
Schools. The girls will go out usually in teams of two,
to witness to young boys and girls in this manner.
The spring convention of the Student Missionary
Conference will be held at Bethel College today and
tomorrow. About fifty delegates from the other six
schools in the organization- are expected to attend
the convention, which has AS opening session tonight
at eight o'clock.
Girls Hope for Dates, Orchids
As Annual J.S. Banquet Nears
Requests for Bible school teach-ers
have come to Miss Esther Sa-bel
from churches in the New
York Conference, the Upper Mich-i
g a n Conference, t h e Wisconsin
Conference, t h e Illinois Confer-e
n c e, the Columbia Conference,
and from several American Bap-tist
churches. The number of re-quests
for _Bible school teachers
indicates a greater interest than
ever before in this service.
Gladys Biller and Evelyn Sund-berg
are scheduled to conduct Bi-ble
schools in New York. Vivian
Gaydosik and Elaine Pegors will
work in Upper Michigan. Six
girls, Barbara Edson, Janet Fish-er,
Goldie Erickson, Eula Weaver,
Maxine Bjork, and Grace Jorgen-son,
will conduct schools during
July in the Norwayne Housing
(Continued on Page 6)
Easter Parade
Held at Dorm
Easter season was unofficially
opened April 13 when a preview of
hats was presented in the Easter
Parade on Arona Avenue.
Dache, Pierre, and Larson fash-ions
were among the outstanding
shown. The parade began on the
third floor of the dorm, wended its
way down the floors and over to
the men's dormitory where the pa-rade
ended in a sudden downpour
of water. The affair was so out-standing
that the girls were asked
to model the hats at a later show-ing
... Wednesday evening at the
supper club.
The program follows:
Prelude:
"The Easter Parade"
Miss Gladys "Lampshade" Carlson
Parade of the March
Hairs Las belles damep
The super supper..place aux dames
Machine Age..Nel "Ezekiel" Larson
In Your Easter
Bonnet double quintet
Exodus Endis
The hats, a farce on the new
Easter hats appearing in the dorm,
contained everything from flower
pots to carrots . from windmills
to monkeys; from pillows to lamp-shades.
At 6:30 P. M. on Friday, May 17,
Bethel girls with their long skirts
and orchids, and Bethel fellows
with theri white s,hirts and Sunday
suits, will gather in the spring-bedecked
dining hall of the' Girl's
Dormitory for the crowning event
of Bethel's social activities, the
annual Junior-Senior banquet,
under the sponsorship of the
Freshman class.
The theme of the evening will
be "Looking Unto Jesus," and gen-ial
Carl Olson will be in command
as the master of ceremonies. The
speaker, whose identity will not be
revealed until banquet time, is a
well-known person from the Twin
Cities. The program provides such
good things as instrumental num-bers
by Russ Nyberg and vocal
solos by Mary Oliver. Part of the
evening will also be spent in the
reading of I he Sophomore class
will and class prophecy.
The honored guests on this occa-sion
will be the Sophomore class,
the faculty, and members of the
office staff. Ticket sales indicate
that approximately 300 people will
be present.
Those who are working with
their committees to make the eve-ning
a success include Roy Nelson,
program chairman; Harold Chris-tianson,
publicity chairman; Lu-cille
Palmer, decorations chair-man;
and Johnny Leggett, busi-ness
manager. The freshmen in
charge guarantee that festivities
will be over by 9:30 P. M. so that
there will be ample time for gala-vanting
before the 1:00 A. M. dead-line.
The Student Missionary Confer-ence
is an outgrowth of the Stu-dent
Missionary Volunteer Group,
which has recently ceased to func-tion.
The organization is compos-ed
of the executive committees of
missionary band groups in seven
schools—St. Olaf College, Mounds
Midway School of Nursing, Be-thesda
Hospital, St. Paul Bible In-s
t i t u t e, Gustavus Adolphus Coll-ege,
Augsburg College, and Bethel
College and Seminary.
The purpose of the organiza-tion
is to promote concerted in-terest
i n world-wide missions
among students, to encourage stu-dents
to face the missionary chal-lenge
and to seek God's will as
to their place in this world-wide
program, and to enlist those who
realize that Christ's commission is
meant for them and who will step
forward to let Him fulfil his pur-pose
in their lives.
The speakers at the two-day con-ference
will be Rev. Clyde W. Tur-ner,
secretary of the Evangelical
Foreign Missions Association, Rev.
W. E. Klawitter, an instructer and
radio director at the Lutheran Bi-ble
Institute, Mr. Paul Lindell, who
is on the home staff ,of the World
Mission Prayer League, and Dr.
William Cook, principal of the Jor-hat
Christian Schools, Jorhat, As-sam,
India. The schools of which
Dr. Cook is principal are the ones
f o r w-h i c h Bethel's Missionary
Band is raising $500 this year.
On Saturday at 6:00 P. M. a
fellowship supper will be served
in the dining hall of the women's
dormitory. At the supper testi-monies
will be given by several
missionary candidates.
Samuel Rosen
Speaks Tonight
Mr. Samuel D. Rosen, eminent
authority on Russia and its peo-ple,
will speak at a convocation
program tonight at 8:00 P. M. The
subject of Mr. Rosen's talk is
"Russia Today." He has first-hand
information about the "gigantic,
powerful, unpredictable" state.
The program conflicts with the
opening session of the missionary
conference, but an announcement
will be made concerning special
arrangements for the two meet-ings.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
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EDITORIAL POLICY
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
Institute.
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor Robert Sandin
Ass't Editor Nettie Castle
News Editor Doris Engwall
Feature Editor Pauline Lundholm
Sports Editor Roy Nelson
Business Manager Jacqueline Lundquist
Faculty Advisor La Von Berthel
puppet state
Democracy is "government of the people, by the people, and for the
people." If Lincoln's ideal conception of our government were carried
out to the letter, there would be much confusion for all of the people
cannot be rulers. It is necessary that the people elect representatives
to carry on the government for them. - But it is the essence of democracy
that those who do the governing—those who hold civil offices—are
responsible to the citizens of the country. A democratic government,
then, is one in which the will of the governed takes precedence over the
will of the governors.
We like to think that America is democratic: We do not approve
of anything that shows signs of being dictatorial, or that seems to
deprive the people of their democratic rights and privileges. That
applies not only in political affairs, but also in our churches and in our
schools.
What I am leading up to is this. Is it not a gross limitation upon
the voting power of the student at Bethel when he has no chance
whatever to propose nominations for office? The normal procedure in
elections is that the student council, or the dorm council or some organi-zation
sets up a ballot and puts copies of that ballot on the chairs in the
chapel for the student's vote. Many times as was the case during the
election of the publications staffs last fall, the ballot shows one name
for the office, and leaves a blank line in case anyone wishes to vote
for someone else. Obviously in such an instance the nominee is virtually
elected before the votes are counted.
Ballots arranged by a few students in this manner are bound to be
one-sided, and will not be an indication of the choice of the student
body. It is pr(obably true that the procedure followed is more practical
than that of securing nominations from the entire school. But it would
be even more practical to do away with elections entirely, and eliminate
the necessity of printing the ballots and getting the students to vote.
The quesion is one, not of practicability, but of fairness.
Election of next year's officers will soon be held. Would it be too
much to ask that the student body be given a chance to make its own
nominations? Why not give the student council the authority to use a
chapel period to secure nominations for next year's offices? Besides
resulting in greater fairness in elections, such a change will lead to
more active student interest in school affairs.
sponsor wanted
Every morning at 7 a group of students meets
in the lounge of the women's dorm for prayer and de-votions
before breakfast. There is no organization to
the affair. . . when two or three arrive, someone starts
reading the Bible, and then prayer is begun.
It is good to pray, and it is good for some things
to b e spontaneous, but why couldn't these prayer
meetings be organized? Why couldn't some group
take over and provide a leader for every morning?
The leader would need to do no more than what is
done now. . . read a passage of Scripture, and then
close the meeting at 7:25 with a word of prayer.
Perhaps the Religious Council could include this
matter in its duties, and make this a regular prayer
meeting. . . one that will also be started again next
year.. .
On the
Carpet
By Taffy Bergman
It was a leisurely spring after-noon
and I ambled- over to my
mailbox to see what it's yield
would be. Aha! A white envelope.
A letter from home, I presumed.
Grinning smugly at my popularity;
I tore the letter open. It was then
that I noticed the official Bethel
stationery. Tragedy was entering
my life. There in the bold black
type of Alice Anderson's machine
I read, "Miss Bergman, Please see
me at my office- tomorrow after-noon
at two o'clock." Beneath
these fatal words was the classic
signature of Dr. Henry Wingblade.
My mind worked rapidly (for the
first time since I came to Bethel).
I searched for reasons why this
conference would be necessary.
Cold sweat broke out over my aca-demic
brow. Why this very minute
I was cutting Zoo Lab. I quaked
in my room-mate's saddle-shoes.
"I didn't ask her if I could borrow
them," I mused. Perhaps she
thinks this sort of thing has hap-pened
too often and has complain-ed
about me." I pictured the
mounds of dust conscientiously
swept under my bed ever since
our Christmas vacation. Maybe
Mrs. Hademan ..." Then there was
the time I helped put the cabinet
full of jangling alarm clocks in
front of our floor monitor's door.
The best thing to do, I decided,
was to stop worrying and turn over
a new leaf immediately. I rushed
up to Zoo Lab. Prof. Johnson
smiled benignly as I entered. I
was only half hour late today.
Even he was beginning to notice
the improvement in my conduct.
I pulled out my instruments and
started fiendishly on my assign-ment
of dissecting a frog. Even
hard work could not ease the bur-den
I had on my heart. As I
delved into the intricacies of a
frog's intestines I was reminded
of the time I put the sand,shark's
head in the dean's top drawer.
That was it. That was the reason
for that ominous message.
When the bell rang for the close
of the hour, I rushed madly to the
coffee shop with hopes of drown-ing
my sorrows in a butterscotch
sundae The girl behind the count-er
growled at me. "Oh yes," I
thought, "I owe $1.69 for the
stuffed dog I bought to give my
grandfather on his birthday. That's
it."
I went to bed at eight that
night to make sure I would be suf-ficiently
rested for the grueling
day to follow. The next eleven
hours were spent tossing and turn-ing
with dreadful visions of un-finished
Geometry lessons, D's,
and the ever-present, learing face
of Dr. Wingblade hovering over
me.
The fatal hour had finally ar-rived.
After the nurse had admin-istered
a quieting sedative, I
walked the last mile over to the
college and into "The Chief's" of-
(Continued on Page 6)
Daily Bread
To Europe
"About 150,000,000 people (in
Europe) .... must have overseas
supplies during the next four
months if wide-spread famine is
to be prevented ... Bread has a
reality as the symbol of life as
never before in history. It is _now
the symbol of life of nations them-selves
... The saving of these hu-man
lives is far more than an
economic necessity to the recovery
of the world. It is more even than
the path to order and to stability
and to peace ... (it) is part of the
moral and spiritual reconstruction
of the earth."
That was a quotation from a
Good Friday address broadcast by
Ex-president Herbert Hoover after
he had made a six-week food sur-vey
in seventeen European nations.
More people than there are in the
United States will experience a
tremendous famine unless substan-tml
aid is provided soon. Hoover
declared that the world must pro-vide
an additional 5,000,000 tons
of cereals in the next four months,
or millions will r erish.
Satisfied America cannot imag-ine
famine. Even when a man like
Mi. Hoover comes home with a
report such as the one he submit-ted
two weeks ago, Americans are
not likely to see the reality of
Europe's condition. And when the
President asks for two "starvation
days" a week, and when produc-tion
of flour and bread are cut to
increase exports to the needy na-tions,
we feel somewhat resentful
that we cannot buy as much food
as we want. Our compliance with
the suggestions and regulations is
not voluntary and cheerful, but
rather is accompanied with the
feeling that we have to do it, I
guess.
America will have to bear the
brunt of the burden since we are
better supplied than any of the
other countries of the world. As
a result, there must be a drastic
cut in oir• consumption of wheat
and other cerals. This European
crisis is peculiar in that it has
a d efinite -.erminW point, namely
next fall's Larvest. But until that
time all grains, and especially
wheat, will be scarce in America.
By the program which Hoover has
proposed, the United States is ex-pected
to cut wheat consumption
by forty per cent, (and fat con-sumption
by twenty per cent) in-order
to export 1,000,000 tons of
wheat to Europe every month
through July. But in the words of
President Truman, "Millions will
sup ely die unless we eat less."
That means that Bethelites may
be asked to go without some things
for a while. It is very likely that
bread and food containing much
wheat flour will be missing from
our tables. But the sane thing to
do is to eat less, cheerfully.
Let us tighten our belts, without
a groan or a grimace, that others
may live.
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3 ta gee d Bead Dorm Doin's
By Nettie Castle Term Paper
By Walfred Peterson
(A Clarion Reprint)
A term paper is one of the most
practical things done in college,
because it is very educational. The
writer takes notes on little cards
and therefore he remembers all
the information he gathered. (1)
A term paper also teaches the
importance of footnotes. The foot-note
can tell almost anything.
Every good term paper has as
many footnotes as possible, be-cause
a long list of references is
impressive to the professor. Foot-notes
are also necessary because
one must give the credit to the
person who had the bright idea.
If this is not done, the writer is
a plagarist. But since everyone
reads footnotes carefully, (2) they
will see the real author's name
and not think you a thief.
But before I go farther, I should
define a term paper. "Copying
from source—that's plagiarism,
copying • from several sources—
that's a term paper." (3)
It is very important that there
be a rather complete bibliography
at the end of the term paper. If
the professor finds a statement he
does not like,-he will turn to the
bibliography and find the book and
change his opinion in favor of the
student. (4) I, might add that if
the footnotes are complete you
need not turn to the bibliography
for the book and author. What's a
bibliography for then? (5)
A good set of footnotes contains
abbreviations. Latin abbreviations
are customary because they are so
profound-looking. "Ibid" means,
the footnote you read now is the
same as the footnote preceeding
this footnote. "Op. cit" means al-ready
fully cited in the paper. (6)
Let us say in conclusion that as
the teacher will tell you; "When
you really get into it, it is inter-esting."
(7),
1. Now you tell one.
2. Ibid.
3. Quoted from S. Paulson:
boarding clu: table C: April 18,
'44.
4. Refer to footnote No. 2.
5. So you're wondering too?
6. R. T. Daniel & Floy Barnard,
Instructions for the Preparation of
the Term Papers (1942), P. 12.
7. Refer to footnote No. 4.
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the hallway for the phone booth.
You either "sweat out" the line or
let Ai Gustafson or Harris Johnson
get there first. If that happens
you might just as well get your
books and study while you wait.
Buckets of water or a jam session
outside the door doesn't shorten
their all-evening telephone dates.
During the winter the telephone
situation isn't so acute. Harris and
Al try to cooperate and divide the
evening into two shifts of four
hours each. It's now. this spring
season, that their program gets off
schedule.
The volume of calls is tremen-dous.
In one evening alone, if you
care to watch the procession, you
can just about se' the ,int , re situ-ation
for the J. S. Banquet, at a
glance, wihtout asking any ques-tions.
It is easy to tell when one
of the boys makes a date. He
comes from the booth, tripping a
light fantastic step and whistling
a merry tune. If he has been re-jected,
he uses the wall for a
support and slips quirtly back to
his room to check through his
little blue book again.
When you see Les Larson first
look up and down the hallway,
then make a mad dash to the
phone booth on his tip-toes and
slip inside, you know he's about
to work on that new list he's just
made over; a list of girls he fig-ures
might be still available.
Is it the spring weather and the
time for a young man's fancy to
turn to—other things, or what—
that is doing such an injustice to
our beloved dorm life? Every night
some guy wants to borrow a bow
tie or a shoe brush. Never before
have we seen spring weather bring
such an influx in--you know, twos
and twos.
"Hey, who are you taking, Mel?"
"Taking where? Whatcha talking
about?" "To the J. S. Don't you
remember? It's only three weeks
off." "Oh that,—I'm going stag.
I've been wondering why the girls
have been acting so extra nice
here lately."
Why only the other night we
saw Vernie Stoneberg come walk-ing
into Blomberg's with Eloise.
Of course they could have just met
on the way.
`Course Dick Forsline already
has his date, but he has to keep
up interests, so he too makes his
pilgrimage to the telephone booth,
just to see that Lucille is still in
the notion ... sigh ... It must be
great to have a-a-a- car (?).
We don't rightly know if Bud
Peterson is still living with us
here. We never sc.( him use the
phone. No doubt he and Milton
Speas are rooming together over
in the girls' dorm lounge.
You Saturday-night serenaders
won't need to visit the boy's dorm
any more. There will no doubt be
some late fellows left and they'll
be around to make a few more
girls happy.
Seclusion has hit the girls'
dorm... everyone has hibernated ..
halls are quiet once more ... all
because of over-due term papers
with minus three points for each
day overdue ... What "stinkers"
some faculty members are!
Margie "Foghorn" Ericson has
been laid up with what she got in
Erie, Pa... By the way, Jim, what's
that cold patching cement for in
the Spire office? and who was
holding Dody's hand in Chapel
Monday morning?
Measles was the rumor ... but it
was only the flu, and we're glad
to see Ruth Groves and Lloyd
Sprecker up once again. Rumor-monger
was none other than Dag-mar
Jensen ... ask her about it!
J. S. trotters. These are the latest
rumors as to whom is dating
whom.... Conrad and Minnie ...
Little Jimmie and Nell ... Eric and
Louise Hanson ... President Wing-blade
and Edna Seestrom ... John
Agee and Gladys Carlson ...Ralph
Johnson and Taffy Bergman. Jim-mie
Rehnberg—still available.
Screens were put on all the win-dows
at last, but most of the girls
would rather have the bugs and no
screens so that they can continue
their hair-washing episodes Janet
Walker is the recipient LI most of
the water.
Personality of the week. This
week we have decided to start a
contest. To the first one to guess
the personality of the week one
free candy bar in the bookstore.
Submit all entries to Mr. Sandin,
editor-in-chief as soon as complet-ed.
Winner will be printed in the
next edition of the Clarion.
....as more fellows than anyone
else in the dorm.
....lways willing to help out in
most any endeavor.
....oes more running around than
anyone.
....yen tempered.
....other to all.
....nswers the door after 12 P. M.
....ever out of sorts.
Submit your entry today. En-close
a self addressed stamped en-velope
and the tops from twenty
boxes of Wheaties, plus a twenty-five
word statement on "Why I
like the Clarion." Decision of the
judges is final in every case. No
entries may be returned.
Question of the week: "Have
you straightened out that man
yet?" For the answer see Bunny
Burgeson.
Question number two: Why the
sudden interest in Westmont col-lege,
Sally?
Vel, ve iss got to sprang as ye
say in Svensk. Adjo!
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We welcome you to our campus, and if you have a few extra minutes
on your hands and want to look the campus over, here are a few
suggestions.
Don't miss the Prayer Towers...There's one by the side stairway,
and another lost in the stacks in the seminary library. This is where
we have our quiet talks with God. Feel free to use them if you care to.
Follow the stairs down to the basement and you will find the coffee
shop, where Bethelites hash over politics, world affairs, and last minute
German assignments. Our mascot, Pete, is for sale, as are seals, stickers,
pencils, and assorted foodstuffs.
But let's not stay inside...Step outside and see the new buildings
being erected. The one on the far corner nearest completion is the
Men's dorm, and the big hole will some day be the basement of the
young married couple's apartment.
On the other corner is the Women's dorm. Everyone may step into
the lounge and relax, but only the females may venture on the second
floor to see the miniature chapel. There is a party lounge on the second
floor near the back stairs, and on the third floor is the girls' Prayer
Tower.
If ydu are the athletic type and happened to come equipped with
racquets, you may use our tennis courts. If not, maybe you'll settle for
a game of ping pong or volleyball in the seminary gymnasium (in the
basement). By the way, the top floor is a temporary men's dorm...a
word of warning to the girls!
San Juan Capistrano may be famous for the swallows return, but
who can boast about the return of the sparrows except Bethel? You
will find them singing and nesting in the boiler room. They come every
Spring to the same place.
Another favorite hangout for Bethelites is Como Park... East on
Arlington. There is boat riding, biking, a Spring flower exhibit in the
conservatory, and miles of spacious lawn for just taking it easy.
If you wish to stay for meals, they are served at 12:15, and 5:30 in
the basement of the Women's dorm.
Sent Snatches By Herb Ellison and Jim Troxel
Page 4 • THE BETHEL CLARION
ROTOGRAVURE
Coach Paul Edwards
does trick head-stand for novelty-seeking
Clarion photographer. It is reported that
Coach Edwards stood on his head twenty-five
times before the photographer was
satisfied with the pose. At press time, he
still had "a terrific headache."
Huba - Huba
Como Park, with its many amusements,
provides a second home to many Bethel
students. Boat rides, baby leopards in the
zoo, attractive picnic grounds, etc. draw
many young people east.
Eric catches flag before it
touches ground. His unbounded
patriotism "dates back to my boy
scout days in Sweden," he tells
reporter.
Spring Hits Bethel Dorm
Above is the beautiful, secluded women's dormitory, which someone
has rather expressively called the seminary night club. The three story
building, enlarged this year to accommodate , nearly a hundred girls, is
beginning to show signs of spring—in more ways than one.
Front Door
-"Through these portals pass—" Who
knows how often this seminary door has
given entrance to a young preacher-to-be.
Ground
Ground was broken for new, much-needed men's
dormitory last fall, and the walls of the structure
are mounting rapidly. Picture is artists's conception
of the building as it will appear when completed
this summer. Noble Man
Model Children
Above is latest picture of much-talked-of Bethel Family, just released
by NAS Press. The happy family is largest and best-behaved in the
country.
Page 5 THE BETHEL CLARION SEC mir O N
Homecoming Reminiscence
-Homecoming saw large numbers of alumni return to the familiar
chapel, in which they had spent many pleasant hours, for the big home-coming
banquet last fall. This shot of the speakers' table was dug out
of the Clarion files as Bethelites anticipate three more banquets in the
next two weeks. •
Minnesota
joined the Union! Biggest thrill of this
year came when the holdout gopher state
foresook its old flag for the red, white, and
blue.
Lights Out
Armed guards have been employed this
year to keep lights nut after 11 P. M. at
the women's dorm. Stern-faced member of
national guard here tries to shoot out lights.
Studious
Diligent sem student remains alone in stuffy library,
which has been all but deserted since March n. Tennis
and bare feet have been prevalent, as have been colds.
Man pictured above is wanted
in five states for crimes ranging
from stealing babies' rattles to
purchasing black market bubble-gum.
Any information leading to
the_ arrest of this criminal should
Lounge of girls' dorm in rare condition of complete be conveyed immediately to the
vacancy. Abnormal picture was made at 4:00 A. M. NMC Detective Agency's Secret
April 21. Operative No. 81.
Unidentified
Wanted
Deserted
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Nine Loses
To N. A. S.
In its first home game of the
season, Bethel College lost to a
team from the Naval Air Station
in Minneapolis. The score at the
end of the eight-inning game read
Bethel 2, Navy 5. The game
brought the team's season record
to two victories and three defeats.
The Navy scored the first run
in the second inning on a hit and a
misjudged fly-ball. In the next two
innings the flyers scored the rest
of their runs, crossing the plate
twice in each inning. Meanwhile
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To add a bit of spark to tomor-row's
game, the Clarion staff has
chosen a mascot which will be
made known at the game.
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Bethel bats had been very impo-tent,
and although they loaded the
bases in the fourth inning, the
diamond-men were unable to score.
Bethel did not break into the
scoring race until the sixth inning,
when Bud Peterson singled to
drive in both Nelson and Lands-burg,
but there was not enough
power in the Indians' bats to get
them back in the ball game. Earl
Landsburg showed signs of life in
the final inning when he tripled
to right center, but he was nipped
trying to steal home and nothing
came of the threat.
The game revealed, more force-fully
than ever, the weakness of
the Bethelites at the plate. Field-ing
was a little shaky in the first
few innings, and all five of the
Navy's runs were unearned, but it
was lack of hitting power that
made the difference between vic-tory
and defeat.
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Bethel Beats
Concordia
Bethel College won its second
straight conference game on April
24 when it defeated Concordia on
the Comet's field by a score of
8-2. • The contest was close until
the last few innings when the
Indians began to solve the slants
of Concordia's pitcher Otto.
Concordia took the lead in the
early innings of the game when
Otto hit a long fly over center-fielder
Bob Daley's head for a
home run. The Bethelites remain-ed
trailers until the fifth inning
when they pushed across a tally
to tie the score at 1-1.
In the sixth frame the Indians
again went on the offensive, knock-ing
two runs across before they
were retired. The score then stood
Bethel 3, Concordia 1, and those
three runs would have been
enough to win the game, as it fi-nally
turned out.
The Comets came back in the
latter half of the inning and scored
one marker to keep the game
close. Bethel squeezed in another
score in the seventh to stretch
their lead to 4-2, but the game was
not put on ice until the eighth
when the visitors staged a four
run rally to insure the victory.
Concordia had a good chance to
score in the last of the eighth,
when they put men on second and
third with none out. However, dull
base-running allowed the Bethel-ites
to complete a double play to
relieve the threat.
Bill Peterson was Bethel's big
gun at the plate, collecting three
hits out of five trips to the plate,
and driving in five of the eight
runs. Bethel made a total of ten
hits, while Concordia was limited
to four.
.3e..r.ai Mama
Today I went to a baseball game,
and so I will write you about it.
I think baseball is more fun than
any other sport because the play-ers
wear such cute little outfits.
They wear caps with a wide
brimmed affair in the front and
pants with tight fitting legs and
bloomer-effect in the back. The
hose are long, with no heels or
toes, and white anklets are usu-ally
worn over the long hose. This
is mainly done because of laziness.
Why, most anyone would darn
their hose instead of wearing
another pair over the top! Shoes
are spiked, which saves on the
leather. They also add height.
The object of the game is to see
who can make the most noise, and
that is usually Walter Blaine Eddy,
Jr. He is known as the Huba
Huba man ... at least on the dia-mond.
To get on with the game,
one side gets out on the dirty,
dusty field. (The only clean man
as far as I can see is the referee,
as he always carries a little broom
around with him for dusting off
the plate.) Then the man throws
the 'ball, and our side swings at
the ball. Then the man throws
again, 'and finally someone hits
the ball back to him, and runs out
to greet the other team, but they
are not very nice, as they keep
trying to hit him. Scmetimes he
even falls down and skims along
the ground and they don't even
try to help him up! The same pro-cedure
is followed by the other
team, and this goes on for some
time until both sides get so hoarse
they cannot yell any longer, and
then everyone leaves.
Mama, there is one boy here who
is working his way through college
by advertising for Dutch Boy
paint, He wears red pants and a
blue cap. It is nice of them to
pay his way.
I am going to every game, as
maybe one of those handsome men
will take me to the S. J. Every
time they come my way I flash
them my most bewitching smile,
but I must look too much like a
witch, as they always run.
Got to go play ball now, mama.
I'm learning the game, and then
I'm going to try to convert the
players, mama 'cause I'm sure they
aren't Christians, as they are al-ways
yelling for someone to steal
the base, whatever that is. Will
see you in June.
Love,
Ima. Greenhorne
DVB'S WORK
(Continued from page 1)
Project near Detroit, Michigan.
Helen Soder is to work for a time
in Rockford, Illinois. Several girls
will also hold schools in Iowa, al-though
some of the arrangements
have not been completed.
Twelve girls will teach in
schools i n Wisconsin. Clarice
Rohm, Mildred Tuey, Doris John-son,
Irene Kemis, Alva Brooks,
Elaine J e n s e n, Jean Lindblom,
Phyllis Gustafson, Pauline Lang,
Helen Holle, Eloise Jensen, and
Edith Bowman are all 'scheduled
to work in Wisconsin churches.
Minnesota churches have engag-ed
over thirty Bethel workers.
Among the Minnesota teachers are
Virginia Peterson, Betty Person,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Dor-othy
Reichel, Bertha Menefee,
Gloria Olson, Ruth Rask, Lois Ray-metz,
Doris Olson, Carol S e e s,
Marjorie Porter, Sarah Wallinder,
Leona Larm, Lois Norberg, Lily
Johnson, Ruth E. Anderson, Jean
Hamlett, Ruth Ekstrom, Mabel An-derson,
and Becky Iosty.
Five Bethelites will work in
churches west of Minnesota dur-ing
the summer. Dorothy Dahlman
and Eunice Herbold will teach in
South Dakota churches, while Mrs.
Harlan Brask (Lucille Fiske),
Ruth Hochhalter, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Johnson will conduct
schools i n Columbia Conference
churches.
In all, the workers will hold
about seventy-five Bible schools,
although additional requests a r e
coming in almost daily. Besides
the schools scheduled through Miss
Sabel, many Bethel girls will be
assisting in Bible schools in their
own churches.
On The Carpet
(Continued from page 2)
fice. As Alice ushered me across
the heavily carpeted floor to his
mahogany desk, I lined up my
arguments. I would promise to
walk the straight and narrow.
Filled with self-pity, I 'imagined
myself camping out somewhere
while I worked in the factory to
earn money for a ticket home..
Dr. Wingblade smiled. "He's try-ing
to prepare me for the shock,"
I thought.
"I'll be away in Chicago this
week and wondered if you would
write my column for me," he said
questioningly. "I think some seri-ous
meditations would be in
order."
Perhaps he wondered why I
chose that moment to faint.